Tuesday, 8 October 2019

Spaceman Effects Rumble Fuzz

Verified by MTK

11 comments:

  1. I want to give this one a shot, I ordered these ferrite beads from Tayda.

    https://www.taydaelectronics.com/axial-ferrite-bead-76-ohm.html

    It's the only value they had with leads. Will these work or will I need something else?

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    1. Yes, these will work just fine. looking forward to hear how the build turns out.

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  2. All right, got it built. Everything works except the switch, it's good in only 1 position. The overall output is less than unity. That sad pile of resistors reads at 2.1Ω. It's 5 x 10Ω.

    Q1 - BC109NJ 655 Hfe
    Q2 - 2N2222A 192 Hfe
    D3 - 1N270

    https://imgur.com/a/jfDAlsF

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dwgusl_6f4

    And ideas? I've only been at this stuff for like a year. I couldn't find a schematic.

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    1. I've done some researsch and it seems that originals barley reach unity level. One solution could be to build a small daughterboard with a clean booster after volume control.
      Which position of the switch cutting out the sound?

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  3. The 2-3 5-6 position is the one not working. The switch checks out on the DMM just fine.

    Going by this numbering.

    1 4
    2 5
    3 6

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    1. By looking at your pictures...are you sure you haven't mixed up switch lugs 4 and 5? (nice looking board btw)

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    2. Ole Eagle-Eye Anders... That did the trick. Tag this one verified. That other switch position is the higher gain setting. Wow! Really adds some punch. Cool effect.

      Thanks, man.

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    3. Awesome! I'll tag it right away!

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  4. Is there a schematic available anywhere?

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    1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SOTWSCVLi5kLrJkXvRgzp2bADhrnh09z/view

      Note that the schematic has an extra FET transistor at the output. Original pedal doen't have it.

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